Chicken-coop



(No Model!) B. P. COBB.

CHICKEN COOP. No. 372,966. Patented Nov. 8', 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN P. COBB, OF ODESSA, MISSOURI.

CHICKEN-COOP.

$PECIPICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,966, dated November 8, 1887.

' Application filed July 30, 1887. Serial No. 245,691. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. CoBB,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Odessa, in the county of Lafayette and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in OhickenOoops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved chicken-coop. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 shows the coop in its folded position, and Figs. 4'and 5 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

. Myinvention has relation to folding chickencoops; audit consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A,

indicates the bottom or base of my improved coop, having buckles B B suitably secured to the bottom thereof by loops b.

The sides 0 O of the coop are provided with uprights D, journaled within bearings E, secured to the bottom of the coop. The lower slats or wires, F, of the side pieces pass through perforations in said bearings and uprights,

thereby forming a complete hinge,upon which the sides may turn.

To the top rails of the sides 0 Care secured springs G, of steel or other suitable material, said springs being of angular shape, the latera1ly-extending portions thereof overlapping the side rails of the removable top or cover H and serving to retain said cover securely in position.

The cover H is provided with the ordinary opening, I, through which the fowls may be placed within or removed from the coop, and

is also provided on each end with straps J J.

K K represent the hinged ends of the coop, having bails L L, through which the straps J J pass, and which straps are secured to the buckles B B, thereby retaining the end pieces securely in position.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: \Vhen the coop is in its folded position, (shown in Fig. 3,) the straps are first released from the buckles and the top withdrawn. The hinged side is now raised and the top or cover placed under thesprings G. 'The oppo' site side is next raised, the spring attached thereto likewise engaging the top or cover. After this the hinged end pieces are properly adjusted and the straps passed through the bails and secured to the buckles. After the chickens have been removed from the coop and it is ready for return to the shipper or sender, the straps are unbuckled, the ends or sides pushed in, andthe. top permitted to fall. The coop may now be strapped together in its folded position and compactly secured with buta minimum oflabor being necessary.

It will be seen that when the crateis knocked down the side pieces will lie perfectly level and horizontal upon the end pieces, K, said side pieces being pivoted sufficiently high to readily permit of this arrangement, thereby forming a convenient and compact package for transportation or shipment.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the operation and construction of my improved device will be readily understood without reprovided with straps at each end thereof 0 adapted to be inserted through the bails and fastened to the buckles.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN P. COBB.

Witnesses:

HUGH STRAUD, ALEXANDER R. PATTERSON. 

